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Sherlock: Season 4

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Sherlock

Season Details & Credits

BBC-1 | PBS | BBC | BBC One | Season Premiere Date: January 1, 2017

Starring: Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch

Summary: The British detective series returns with three new episodes and Toby Jones is set to be the duo's latest antagonist.

Creator: Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Season 4 Episodes

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S4:E3. The Final Problem
Air Date: January 15, 2017
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S4:E2. The Lying Detective
Air Date: January 8, 2017
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S4:E1. The Six Thatchers
Air Date: January 1, 2017

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Christian Bone

Jan 3, 2017

Helping move things along at a nice pace is Mark Gatiss’ script, which is quite strong. Though not his best for the series, he clearly relishes taking the show into a more serious direction, as well as providing lots of customary laughs in the episode’s first half. Read full review

Mike Hale

Dec 30, 2016

Watching "Sherlock" is like dropping in on old friends who are as smart and sarcastic as ever but don’t seem to have as much joy in their lives anymore. Read full review

Aja Romano

Jan 4, 2017

Unfortunately, the season four premiere has revealed that Sherlock’s most promising and divisive element in the wake of the season three finale--the evolving three-way relationship between Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch), John Watson (Martin Freeman), and John’s mysterious wife, Mary (Amanda Abbington)--is little more than a giant distraction, a red herring for ... whatever the show has up its sleeve next. Read full review

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adrenilinmatt

Jan 8, 2017

not the strongest start we couldve hoped for, but how can we judge based on one episode. tonights episode was mindblowing and i have very high hopes for the next one. gotta love sherklock

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MrsDrStrange

Aug 11, 2018

Oh God, thuis season deffinitly the best. I loved so much. It was so epic. Season 5 come please.

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SomePersona

Feb 14, 2017

Solid series but worst out of all four.

The Six Thatchers is the weakest episode of Sherlock yet with no well-made mystery. It did not feel very defined as as separate episode of Sherlock and really just went through the motions without much of a bang. The performances and some of theSolid series but worst out of all four.

The Six Thatchers is the weakest episode of Sherlock yet with no well-made mystery. It did not feel very defined as as separate episode of Sherlock and really just went through the motions without much of a bang. The performances and some of the writing and directing make up for some of this, and the episode, while the worst one yet, is still good.

The Lying Detective brings the show back to form again with a strong villain and mystery and awesome performances, direction, editing, and writing. It's easily better than every episode in the first and third series.

The Final Problem is good but does not accomplish much by the time it is over. It does not really live up to the hype and almost every living or abiotic element in the episode feels wasted.

Overall, good series, but does not live up to the hype. Second episode is awesome, though.

The Six Thatchers: 7/10
The Lying Detective: 9/10
The Final Problem: 7/10… Expand

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McGillotine

Jan 16, 2017

Aside from series co-creator Mark Gatiss questioning the intelligence of every fan who did not grovel to the fourth series of Sherlock. Sherlock season 4 comples a short list of enjoyable moments intwined with exposition followed by more exposition making each sequence feel somwhat contrivedAside from series co-creator Mark Gatiss questioning the intelligence of every fan who did not grovel to the fourth series of Sherlock. Sherlock season 4 comples a short list of enjoyable moments intwined with exposition followed by more exposition making each sequence feel somwhat contrived and over-eloborate. To even the most casusal fans of the series, audiences cannot lie about the evident drop in quality since the end of season 2 where originality all but dried up and fan service was all but left to fill the void, with Moffat and Gatiss consuming member berry after member berry to relive some of the glory of the first 2 seasons "Ooh, member Irene Adler?" "Ooh i member!".

From even before the show had begun, people were famaliar with Sherlock Holmes, the clever detective in the funny hat, ever accompanied by his loyal physician, Dr John Watson and it was within the first few moments of watching Holmes for the first time that we truely got a measure of how intelligent he was in his ability to accurately observe what others simply see. However in season four any audience members will doubt what Sherlock can actually see as in between season 3 and 4 Sherlock has appartently developed a God complex that not only grants him the ability to solve cases with no other viable evidence then his mind palace but to also read the future.

The main complement however that i can give this season is its behind the scenes production with acting talent and set value being of the gold standard, even if the story and hideous CGI hinder the preformances and scenery that have been so carefully crafted to retain the look from the first series of Sherlock in 2010.… Expand

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fraown

Jan 3, 2017

I suppose the production team believes us senile and in a retiring home 7 years after the first season aired.
Sherlock has been given a big budget and has become a play ground for camera men: one nice shot is not enough we need three and the film becomes the sort of challenge your opticianI suppose the production team believes us senile and in a retiring home 7 years after the first season aired.
Sherlock has been given a big budget and has become a play ground for camera men: one nice shot is not enough we need three and the film becomes the sort of challenge your optician would use to test you. Then comes the fast sequences that were so charming and new in the first seasons... instead of being useful to the plot line they're used to speed off the points we probably would have been happy to be included in the main story or are just used to show off the series' new budget.
My sympathies to the actors who worked hard to forget how ridiculous was the set or their outfits. Both disrespected the wonderful work done in the previous seasons (seriously since when do we go to Mycroft's office or home and why the hell are both underground??) The actors tried to save what they could and probably would have done a better job if the script had allowed them more than 10 sec dialogues full of one line cliches.
You've heard me, Sherlock has become the super budget day-time soap opera. An overbearing juxtaposition between a children's tale, and an aquarium used so cleverly as a "clue" to the end of the episode. Remember the time when we had to watch Sherlock three times to actually find theses clues?… Expand

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norse

Sep 25, 2018

Sad to see such a promising series go so bad so fast.

The story is so tenous that it doesn't even remotely hang together anymore, with some forced turns and twists that are entirely unlikely and unnecessary to build up to ... nothing much.

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

carameldance

Feb 22, 2018

An insult for both audience and Sherlock himself. It was painful to watch. What a miserable end for such a great show.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: January 1, 2017
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  S4:E3. The Final Problem
  Air Date: January 15, 2017
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  S4:E2. The Lying Detective
  Air Date: January 8, 2017
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  S4:E1. The Six Thatchers
  Air Date: January 1, 2017
Season 3

88
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 1, 2014
Season 2

91
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 1, 2012
Season 1

85
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 25, 2010